Projects that bring the 'hard'sciences into art are increasingly being exhibited in galleries
and museums across the world. In a surge of publications on the subject, few focus on …

Microbial communities associated with deep-sea animals are critical to the establishment of
novel biological communities in unusual environments. Over the past few decades, rapid …

Background Sharks are in severe global decline due to human exploitation. The additional
concern of emerging diseases for this ancient group of fish, however, remains poorly …

In the past 20 years, a new concept has slowly emerged and expanded to various domains
of marine biology research: the holobiont. A holobiont describes the consortium formed by a …

Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) form symbioses with diverse microbial communities that
can be transmitted between generations through their developmental stages. Here, we …

Under natural conditions, the defense responses of plants exposed to combined abiotic and
biotic stress factors, which can randomly interact with each other, are in many aspects …

In this study, we used in situ transplantations to provide the first evidence of horizontal
acquisition of cyanobacterial symbionts by a marine sponge. The acquisition of the …

Coral microbiomes, the complex microbial communities associated with the different
anatomic compartments of the coral, provide important functions for the host's survival, such …

The underground community of soil organisms, known as soil biota, plays a critical role in
terrestrial ecosystems. Different ecosystems exhibit varied responses of soil organisms to …

Microorganisms interact with all biological components in a variety of ways. They contribute
to increase the efficiency of marine food webs and facilitate the adaptation of multicellular …